不朽/難忘的電影 (3)：Casablanca | 北非諜影(1942)
A kiss is just a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
They still say "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
情節介紹[編輯]
故事開始時已是二戰期間的1941年12月，玩世不恭的美國人銳克·布萊恩在卡薩布蘭卡開了一家名為「銳克美式咖啡」 （Rick's Cafe American）的酒吧。「銳克美式咖啡」非常熱鬧，顧客包括了當地各色人物，其中不僅有納粹黨徒、義大利人與維琪法國官員，酒吧更是歐洲難民常去尋找逃到自由世界之路的場所。此時，一個意外的機會，尤佳利告訴銳克兩個德國信使身上的通信證在自己這裡並讓銳克代為保管，這兩張通行證可以在納粹占領區暢通無阻並前往中立國葡萄牙。在擠滿了難民的卡薩布蘭卡，這兩張通行證毫無疑問是無價之寶。尤佳利原計劃晚上在酒吧賣掉這兩張通行證，然而他卻被警察局長路易·雷諾逮捕並死在了牢房裡，不過尤佳利並沒有告訴雷諾他已經將通行證交給了銳克。
銳克在門外聽到咖啡館的鋼琴家，同時也是他好友的山姆在彈奏《時光流轉》。而銳克曾告訴過山姆不要彈奏這首曲子，等他回到咖啡館裡意外遇見了昔日摯愛伊莉莎，原來是她要求山姆彈奏那首曲子。銳克跟伊莉莎在巴黎時墜入情網，並因德軍逼近巴黎而決定一起逃難。兩人本來約好在火車站會合，但上火車前銳克竟收到伊麗莎告知不能同行的紙條。在酒吧裡跟伊莉莎一起來的還有她的丈夫，捷克地下陣線領導人維克多·拉塞羅，他們打算逃往美國繼續抵抗納粹。追蹤拉塞羅而來的還有納粹少校史特勞塞，他要阻止拉塞羅的逃亡行動。
拉塞羅從當地另一間酒吧藍鸚鵡的老闆法拉利那裡打聽得知，只有銳克手裡的通行證能幫助自己離開卡薩布蘭卡，於是請求銳克幫助拉塞羅離境。但銳克仍記恨前嫌不願合作並且讓他去問自己的妻子。就在他們談話時史特勞塞帶領一群德國軍官在咖啡館內大唱德國軍歌《守衛萊茵》，而拉塞羅也讓咖啡館的樂團奏起了《馬賽曲》，成功激起咖啡館的法國顧客和唱，與德軍分庭抗禮，使得史特勞塞讓雷諾下令馬上關閉酒吧趕走顧客。到了夜晚，伊莉莎進入咖啡館內遭遇了銳克，甚至還拿出槍威脅他交出通行證。但是她很快也承認自己還愛著銳克，並告訴銳克多年前違約緣由：當時她已和捷克反納粹地下組織領導人拉塞羅結婚，卻誤以為丈夫早已死在集中營；僅在臨去火車站前得知拉塞羅仍在人世但身染重疾；兩難之中，伊莉莎選擇了放棄與銳克的愛情去照顧病危的丈夫。得知此事後銳克原諒了伊莉莎，並且從拉塞羅那兒得知，拉塞羅其實早知道銳克和伊莉莎的戀情，拉塞羅表示他願意留下並協助銳克和伊莉莎逃出去。
銳克決意救助拉塞羅夫婦。雷諾以一個莫須有的罪名逮捕了拉塞羅，銳克建議他先放了拉塞羅然後以試圖用通行證逃跑的罪名逮捕他，他還欺騙雷諾說這是因為他自己要和伊莉莎逃往美國。當雷諾在酒吧企圖逮捕拉塞羅夫婦時，銳克拔槍指向雷諾，並當著雷諾開槍擊斃了獨身追蹤而來的史特勞塞少校，使拉塞羅夫婦成功登上飛往裡斯本的飛機。銳克忍著內心的痛楚，目送情人隨他人而去。當警察追到現場，身為警察所長的雷諾並未點破銳克為兇手，反而下令把警察都引開，然後私下建議銳克一同去參加自由法蘭西抵抗運動。最後，這對老朋友一同消失在霧氣濛濛的黑夜中。
| Casablanca | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | Everybody Comes to Rick's unproduced play by Murray Burnett Joan Alison |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $878,000 (equivalent to $13,738,644 in 2019)[3]–$1 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $3.7[6]–6.9 million[4] |
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Warner Bros. story editor Irene Diamond convinced producer Hal B. Wallis to purchase the film rights to the play in January 1942. Brothers Julius and Philip G. Epstein were initially assigned to write the script. However, despite studio resistance, they left to work on Frank Capra's Why We Fight series early in 1942. Howard Koch was assigned to the screenplay until the Epsteins returned a month later. Principal photography began on May 25, 1942, ending on August 3; the film was shot entirely at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California with the exception of one sequence at Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.
Although Casablanca was an A-list film with established stars and first-rate writers, no one involved with its production expected it to be anything other than one of the hundreds of ordinary pictures produced by Hollywood that year.[7] Casablanca was rushed into release to take advantage of the publicity from the Allied invasion of North Africa a few weeks earlier.[8] It had its world premiere on November 26, 1942, in New York City and was released nationally in the United States on January 23, 1943. The film was a solid if unspectacular success in its initial run.
Exceeding expectations, Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, while Curtiz was selected as Best Director and the Epsteins and Koch were honored for writing the Best Adapted Screenplay. Its reputation has gradually grown, to the point that its lead characters,[9][10] memorable lines,[11][12][13] and pervasive theme song[14][15] have all become iconic, and it consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films in history. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress selected the film as one of the first for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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